Go take a walk

I’m a runner, not a walker.

By Beth O'Grady

Wicked Local

By Beth O'Grady

Posted Oct. 31, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By Beth O'Grady
Posted Oct. 31, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Salem

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I’m a runner, not a walker.

When I do walk, I walk fast, very fast. And I walk loud, very loud. Stomping along purposefully with places to go and things to do, constantly scanning the ground in front of me for potholes, uneven bricks and other accidental booby traps waiting to twist my ankle.

But that all changed when I moved to the heart of downtown Salem where I am walking distance to pretty much everything. And just as you see more of a community running than driving, you see even more walking. And the slower you go, the more you see.

So I took a walk, or more like an amble. Not to do an errand. Not a speed walk for exercise. A walk for the sake of taking a walk, strolling along as I considered the words to the Beatles song there are places I remember all my life, though some have changed.